BattleBots (season 7)

The seventh season of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on ABC on June 23, 2016 and concluded on September 1, 2016. It was the second and last season to be broadcast on ABC.
In November 2015, ABC announced that it had renewed the BattleBots revival for a second season, featuring an expansion to a 32-team field.
Former UFC fighter Kenny Florian and MLB/NFL Sportscaster Chris Rose returned from last season to host this second season of BattleBots on ABC. Also returning from last season were Faruq Tauheed as the arena announcer and Alison Haislip as the sideline and behind the scenes reporter. Molly McGrath has been replaced by Samantha Ponder as the presenter.
Robots in season 7, as in season 6, competed in one 250-pound weight class, as opposed to the multiple weight classes in seasons 1–5.

Judges

Judging the matches for this season were former BattleBots competitor and special effects artist Fon Davis, the face of Nerdist, Jessica Chobot, and new judge, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actor Clark Gregg, as well as celebrity guest judges MythBusters host Adam Savage, NFL tightend Vernon Davis, and Vsauce creator Michael Stevens.

Contestants

This season saw teams from six different countries competing with their robots. Four from Canada, five from the United Kingdom, and one each from Australia, France and Brazil. Competitors from the U.S. hail from fourteen different states from Florida down south, all the way up to Alaska.

Pre-Qualifying

Of the 48 available spots, 44 robots were chosen by the selection committee. However, they could not agree on the last four spots out of 12 evenly matched bots. During this pre-qualifying round, those 12 teams faced off in a "Rumble," where three bots entered the arena together and battled in a single 3-minute round without hazards. Only one bot from each rumble moved on to the Qualifying round. This round of the competition aired on May 10, 2016, as a special episode before the season began. Although 44 robots were chosen to go to qualifying automatically, one had mechanical problems and was replaced by a wildcard pick from the Pre-Qualifying losers.
KO: Knockout
UD: Unanimous Decision
SD: Split Decision

Qualifying

The 48 qualified robots battle against elimination. The 24 winning robots advance to the round of 32, the 24 losing robots are admitted to the wildcard pool, in which eight will also advance to the round of 32 on July 7, 2016.

Episode	Battle	Winner	Loser	Method	Time
2	1	Bronco	Blacksmith	KO	2:16
2	2	Captain Shrederator	Death Roll	KO	2:04
2	3	Beta	Lucky	UD	3:00
2	4	Icewave	SubZero	UD	3:00
2	5	The Ringmaster	Ultimo Destructo	KO	1:48
2	6	Escape Velocity	OverDrive	UD	3:00
2	7	Tombstone	Black Ice	KO	1:01
2	8	Minotaur	Photon Storm	KO	1:41
2	9	Chomp	The Disk O' Inferno	SD	3:00
2	10	HyperShock	UltraViolent	KO	1:30
2	11	Complete Control	Bombshell	UD	3:00
2	12	Bite Force	Mohawk	KO	1:36
2	13	ChromeFly	Bucktooth Burl	UD	3:00
2	14	Warrior Clan	Splatter	UD	3:00
2	15	Stinger	Nightmare	KO	0:44
2	16	Warhead	The Obwalden Overlord	KO	2:59
3	1	Brutus	Moebius	KO	0:47
3	2	Son of Whyachi	Ghost Raptor	KO	1:05
3	3	Yeti	Lock-Jaw	UD	3:00
3	4	Poison Arrow	Mega Tento	UD	3:00
3	5	Cobalt	Overhaul	KO	1:26
3	6	Razorback	SawBlaze	SD	3:00
3	7	Red Devil	Wrecks	KO	1:56
3	8	Witch Doctor	Rotator	KO	0:42